■ NT$1,800 tomorrow and NT$600 on Wednesday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased at ERA ticketing outlets, online through www.ticket.com.tw, www.legacy.com.tw and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks

Currently on the Asian tour to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Japanese alternative rock band Penicillin makes debut performance in Taiwan tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. The venue plays host to the two-day the Sound of the Rooftop Festival tomorrow and on Sunday featuring a lineup of nine local bands including indie pop group Queen Suitcase (皇后皮箱), garage rockers Bowztiger (包子虎樂團) and slow-core rock favorites Windmill (風籟坊). Thursday’s roster is electronic/dubstep outfit Lie Gramophone (謊言留聲機), with indie rockers Rock’N’Rap (凍頂樂團) as opening act.

■ NT$1,700 tonight, NT$500 tomorrow and on Sunday, NT$400 on Thursday. Tickets for all shows, with discounts on advance tickets, can be purchased online through www.thewall.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw

Indie rockers B.B.Bomb (BB彈) and The Junk (帆人) play tonight at Underworld (地下社會), a small basement club in Taipei. Punk rockers Floaty and Formosa Romance take the stage tomorrow. On Wednesday, it is alternative rock act Space Cake.

■ Shows run from 9pm to 11pm. Underworld is open daily from 9pm, closed on Sundays and Mondays.

■ Entrance for music shows is NT$300 on Fridays and Saturdays, which includes one drink, and NT$100 on Wednesdays.

American guitarist Steve William appears tonight at Roxy Rocker, a basement hangout for indie rockers and fans in Taipei, with Taipei’s grind/powerviolence/crust band Stench of Lust also playing. Tomorrow’s show features instrumental post-rock band Collider and Dr Reniculous Lipz & The Skallyunz (白悟空).

■ Shows start at 9pm. Roxy Rocker is open daily from 8pm to 4am, closed on Mondays.

■ Free admission to all shows. Cover charge is one drink.

Chinese classical musician and pipa soloist Chung Yu-feng (鍾玉鳳) performs a solo set and shares the stage with blues duo David Chen and Conor Prunty tomorrow at La Caja de Musica, a Spanish restaurant that hosts live music shows in its cozy basement on weekends.

Tonight’s lineup at Indie rock club Revolver features punk rock outfit Earsore, indie rockers Frusciante (佛香甜) and Mr Small (小人物). It is a night of electronica spun by DJs Lai, DTR and c-type tomorrow. On Sunday, the screening Dig the New Breed (來自南方的聲音II), a documentary film about the underground music scene in Kaohsiung is followed by performances by experimental rockers Low Brightness Period (低明度時期), Combine (抗敗樂團) and The Lawns (草地人). It is live music from Blind Acid Date and Under the Moon on Wednesday, followed by The Motions, B.B.Bomb and 300,000 Old Pliers (三十萬年老虎鉗) on Thursday.

■ Show starts at 10pm tonight and tomorrow, 8pm on Sunday, 9:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday

■ Entrance is NT$300 tonight, NT$200 tomorrow, on Sunday and Wednesday, NT$250 on Thursday. Admission includes one drink.

Japanese scream band Killie is the main act tonight at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, with Taiwan’s psychedelic heavy rockers Sleaze (湯湯水水) and Until Seeing Whale’s Eyes (直到看見鯨魚的眼睛) also playing. Local punkers Papun (怕胖團), taike rockers Zenkwun (神棍) and The Man (男子漢樂團) take the stage on Sunday.

■ NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 on Tuesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw

Treellage (樹樂集), a cafe with live music, hosts indie rockers Me Her (謎盒) and acoustic duo Day Dreams (白日夢) tonight. Tomorrow it is Dream Toy (夢托翼) and Ark (阿克樂團), followed by acoustic indie-pop group French Cheese (法式綺思) and Anne and Milk (Anne與牛奶) on Wednesday.

■ Shows run from 8pm. Treellage is open noon to 9pm Mondays through Fridays, 11am to 9pm Saturdays and Sundays

■ NT$250 for all shows, one drink included. Tickets can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks

Electronic/ambient combo Yan Weiling X Utopia (閻韋伶X世外桃源) shares the stage with A-hsius (阿修們) tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village composed of a music venue, design and crafts shops and a weekend arts fair in Taitung. It is Aboriginal folk icon Panai (巴奈) and Indie rockers Mary See the Future (先知瑪莉) tomorrow.

■ NT$400 in advance and NT$500 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks, books.com.tw, and indievox.com

Event

Taipei Discussion and Learning meets every Sunday at Wisteria Tea House (紫藤廬) to hear lectures and discuss topics such as philosophy, science, anthropology, globalization and alternative medicine. All discussions and lectures are conducted in English. This weekend’s lecture is titled, Africa: A different story.